"A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn."
Glenn Ford
as Billy Devlin
Julie Harris
as Anne Devlin
Gary Frank
as Pete Devlin
Allison Argo
as Kathleen
Maggie Cooper
as Betty
Tom Clancy
as Richie Brennan
Harry Gold
as Griffin
Kevin Bacon
as Teddy
M. Emmet Walsh
as Legion Commander
Phillip Pine
as Boop
Mitchell Group
as Sal
Jane Hoffman
as Mrs. Crowley
Lewis Charles
as Izzy
K.C. Martel
as John
Antony Ponzini
as Patsy
Pat Corley
as Brick
Edwin Max
as Mr. Baron
Bob O'Connell
as George
Jerry Machen
as Eddie Riggs
Matt Russo
as Grifter
Conal O'Brien
as Paratrooper on Bus
Frank Conn
Luke Andreas
as Ironworker 1
Nicholas Mele
as Ironworker 2
Art Kassul
as Crony 1
Raymond Guth
as Crony 2
Don Stark
as Punk 1
Jon Reigrod
as Punk 2
Julie Alter
as Sal's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Joel Bailey
as Navy Guy (uncredited)
George Aliceson Tipton
Music
Robert E. Collins
Director of Photography
John Farrell
Editor
Gregory Prange
Charles L. Hughes
Art Direction
Charles Graffeo
Set Decoration
Anne Laune
Costumer
Darryl Levine
Don Taylor
Director
Pete Hamill
Novel
Robert Malloy
Writer
Gerald W. Abrams
Executive Producer
Joel Rogosin
Producer
